Brownworth mentions Dias as evidence that the fall of Constantinople accelerated European exploration: only 35 years after the city's fall, Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, opening a sea route to India as Ottoman control shut down the overland routes to the Orient.
Also known as: Bartolomeu Dias
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Episode 16 (1 mention)
Brownworth mentions Dias as evidence that the fall of Constantinople accelerated European exploration: only 35 years after the city's fall, Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, opening a sea route to India as Ottoman control shut down the overland routes to the Orient.
“Only 35 years after the fall of the city, Bartholomew Dias rounded the Cape of Good”
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